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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Metropolitan workshop
It鈥檚 still just about August and 星空传媒 is doing the honours in a pub in Architects鈥� Gulch (aka Clerkenwell) with Metropolitan Workshop
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CommentBook review: Last-minute booking
Forget chick lit 鈥� the best summer reads address building procurement and the JCT contract. And, gratifyingly, the authors come up with exactly the right conclusions
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CommentRepugnant behaviour
A recent case has shown that the more serious a breach of contract, the less likely it is that a court will accept an exclusion of liability clause
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An unprovoked attack
Rudi Klein鈥檚 ungracious and misplaced attack on the JCT contract forms (24 July, page 45) merits a reply
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CommentDialogue of the deaf: Robert Adam on architects
It鈥檚 not just that architects don鈥檛 listen to clients or the public 鈥� they鈥檙e divided into camps that don鈥檛 listen to each other. Which is a pity, because they can have good ideas
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First day of Little Britain
The crew of Javelot 3, owned b y Lee Penson, of architect Penson Group, have just arrived in Cowes - the sky is blue, the sun is shining, the wind is a perfect 16 knots and the hangovers are out in full force - so begins Little Britain 2009.After consuming ...
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Public sector keeps construction orders afloat
The new orders figures were out today and they hint at a uplift, with the headline figure showing a 2% rise comparing the three months to July with the previous three months.And recently when I speak to people in the industry they seem a bit more optimistic.Sadly any support to ...
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Halifax sees house prices up 3% from the bottom
The latest figures from Halifax put the price of an average house (not seasonally adjusted) up by 3% on the low they reached in March this year and broadly on a par with the level at the end of last year.This will no doubt help keep alive the hopes that ...
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CommentLittle Britain diary: Dressed to impress
Oilskins and black-tie outfits packed, the Weightmans team can't wait for the race 鈥� so they can get to the parties in good time
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An uphill road to recovery
Despite welcome news that the UK construction sector is contracting at a slower pace, the industry is still struggling. August saw a reduction in the pace of deterioration. While reduced activity was again largely attributed to dampened demand for new orders, there are a number of issues challenging the sector. ...
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Output figures show continued fall in cash flowing into construction
At first sight the latest construction output figures provide some relief. The fall in output in the second quarter of the year estimated to be just 0.5% and there was a slight rise in the output of new work measured in constant prices.But then it is always worth taking a ...
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CommentThe root of the problem
I am writing in regard to your article 鈥淕iant fly swats could suck up motorway fumes鈥� (27 August)
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Nobody鈥檚 perfect
Arguments against frameworks 鈥� here and elsewhere 鈥� seem to pick up on a few cases of bad procurement and apply these as true across all frameworks
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CommentKeeping on keeping on: Sir Michael Latham on training
星空传媒 facilities for the wider education sector is one thing, but construction also has to make sure it keeps its own training system up to scratch
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CommentIt happened in Hertfordshire
Back in the fifties, one council changed the way everybody built schools. And the buildings it created can now be born again as models of sustainability
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CommentHansom super-size this
There鈥檚 nothing wrong with excess, whether taking a prodigious number of lunches or hundreds of trips abroad or lining your wall with mobile phones 鈥� but working at the weekend? That鈥檚 just too much
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Trouble in the transfer market: TUPE regulations and frameworks
Under TUPE regulations, staff are transferred from contractor to contractor depending on who is doing the work. But how does that function with frameworks?
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Fighting solves nothing
Much has been said and written recently on the expressed intention of some employers, in both the public and private sectors, to abandon framework agreements in favour of lowest price
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Comment鈥榁alid鈥� doesn鈥檛 mean 鈥榯rue鈥�: withholding payment
A party that doesn鈥檛 want to pay another needs to issue a withholding notice with a reason why it鈥檚 not paying 鈥撀燽ut does this reason need to be reasonable?
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